SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
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BREAKING NEWS!!!
In the first ever randomized clinical trial, we demonstrated that parachutes did NOT prevent death or major injury compared to control in individuals jumping from aircraft.
Published today in the BMJ https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094
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Facebook has patented technology that predicts who else lives in your household based on photos you shared. Maybe you should be keeping them to yourself...
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/facebook-household-prediction-patent
Fascinating. The majority in both parties want their party to move away from the left.
Not in the graphics but significant in these stats: 50% of Democrats identifying as liberal (a big increase in the last decade) , 70% of Republicans identifying as conservative (a fairly stable percent for the last decade and more) .
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Democrats Favor More Moderate Party; GOP, More Conservative
Given a choice, rank-and-file Democrats would prefer that their party shift to the center rather than the left, while Republicans favor a more conservative than moderate GOP.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/245462/democrats-favor-moderate-party-gop-conservative.aspx
"sorry"
Facebook's latest privacy scandal: The private photos of millions of users were accidentally shared with 1,500 apps
"We're sorry this happened," Facebook said in a statement after disclosing yet another privacy failing.
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RT @LarrySharpe@twitter.com: “I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom.”
Calvin Coolidge
#freedom #liberty #libertarian #government
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LarrySharpe/status/1061980842241728513
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RT @Claire_Voltaire@twitter.com: Here are better ways to help women than donating to the @womensmarch@twitter.com
1- offer a single mom free babysitting services.
2- donate to the local women’s shelter.
3- volunteer to tutor kids.
4- spend time with your elderly neighbor.
5- buy your mom a gift.
6- Spread this message.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1066535252967845888
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"President Trump ambushes Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office"
It's always good when Nancy wants the cameras turned off...
https://www.billwhittle.space/commentary/epic-trump-s-white-house-clash-with-pelosi-schumer
Feds Collect Record Taxes Through November; Still Run $305.4B Deficit
Current economic and tax situation (those irresponsible tax cuts?) continue to lead to higher tax revenue. But without addressing spending, we still run at a deficit.
Hmmm.
Beverage company will pay you $100,000 to ditch your smartphone for a year | FOX31 Denver
https://kdvr.com/2018/12/12/vitaminwater-will-pay-you-100000-to-ditch-your-smartphone-for-a-year/
U.S. internet speeds rose nearly 40 percent this year - Recode
https://www.recode.net/platform/amp/2018/12/12/18134899/internet-broafband-faster-ookla
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Before I perform a search these days, I go to Google, search for Duck Duck Go, and proceed there by clicking on the link... Just on the off chance that I'll get to piss some nosey Google NPC off.
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It's amazing how the US press is far more interested in partisan dunking than it is on the fact that Alphabet sees a growth opp. in becoming the favored vendor to the Chinese government's efforts to carry out mass digital oppression on 1.25 billion people.
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I wish that guy, who sends me hundreds of emails about how he hacked my router and asks for bitcoins, horrible death.
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Victor Davis Hanson: In Order to Justify His Deviation from the Law, Robert Mueller Has Also Embraced Unequal Justice
—Ace of Spades
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/mueller-probe-fisa-warrants-fbi-informants/
" #notmydoctor " - the year 2019
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
